Test 18 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

kids are saying the Browns are animal killers cos a hedgehog got stuck in their football net, should i say it too

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, Browns, hedgehog, i · What happens: say, be, get · To what, where: animal killers, hedgehog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Browns	det
5	Browns	brown	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 killers	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 killers	cop
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 killers	compound
8	killers	killer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saying	ccomp
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 got	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hedgehog	det
11	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 got	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 net	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 net	nmod:poss
16	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 net	compound
17	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stuck	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 say	punct
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 say	aux
20	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 say	nsubj
21	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	parataxis
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 say	obj
23	too	too	ADV	_	21 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	kids			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	the Browns	animal killers		tree rules
3	get	past	a hedgehog		stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	say speech: assert	should	i	hedgehog		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's unkind; it was an accident, and nets can be fixed

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unkind	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	cop
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 accident	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 accident	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 accident	cop
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 accident	det
10	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unkind	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fixed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fixed	cc
13	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fixed	nsubj:pass
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 fixed	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 fixed	aux:pass
16	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 unkind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		unkind property	tree rules
2	is a	past	it	a accident		tree rules
3	fix	can · passive		nets		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Yes, but only to people who own hedgehogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 people	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 people	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 people	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 own	nsubj
8	own	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	acl:relcl
9	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 own	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present	people	hedgehogs					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hedgehog=Theme

Option 3

Yes, and tell them to get rid of the family and stop being friends

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tell	xcomp
8	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 family	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rid	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stop	cc
13	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	conj
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 friends	cop
15	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	stop	present	you not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is a	gerund	you not said here	friends			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, everyone should know they kill animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 know	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kill	nsubj
7	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 know	ccomp
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	kill	present	they	animals					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

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